Aspen asks, ‘Why is the world of publishing so reluctant to offer Black writers the same major book deals typically offered to white writers?’
HarperCollins’ Ecco and Cynthia D’Aprix Sweeney Create a Publishing Diversity Fellowship
Author Cynthia D’Aprix Sweeney and Ecco set up a five-year publishing diversity fellowship with the Columbia Publishing Course.
The UK’s Emerald Publishing Issues International Inclusivity Report
Emerald Publishing plans to decline panel appearances in events that don’t reflect their communities, following a springtime diversity study.
English PEN’s Pinter Prize: Poet and Reggae Artist Linton Kwesi Johnson
Recognizing his ‘colossal and multi-generational’ impact, English PEN’s Pinter Prize jury honors poet and reggae artist Linton Kwesi Johnson.
Diversity: Macmillan USA Makes Major Changes in Management Approach
To make the company ‘ more representative of the world around us,’ CEO John Sargent writes, Macmillan USA is establishing a new management committee.
US ‘Publishing Day of Action’ Calls Out Book Industry’s Racial Disparities
The rising tide of protest over racial injustice reached publishing in the United States on Monday, as #PubWorkers4BlackLives took to social media.
US University Publishers Decry Their Presses’ ‘White Supremacist Structure’
Rejecting ‘the white supremacist structure upon which so many of our presses were built,’ AUPresses vows ‘to lift up those who have been historically harmed and silenced by our collective inaction.’
Words Without Borders December: ‘Black Literature’ of the Afro-Brazilian Resistance
‘A near complete sidelining of black writers,’ says ‘Words Without Borders’ editor Eric MB Becker, has resulted in a literature of the shadows.
Dutch Book Review of Books on Racism Lost in Translation
A debate has ensued over the use of an illustration of a man in blackface and a headline using the ‘n-word’ in a review of several US books on racism